Removal of osteoma from the forehead area via standard bicoronal approach, and restoration of the cavity with radiopaque bone cement polymethyl methacrylate, which is usually used to fix pathological fractures of the vertebral body

Abstract

Osteomas are benign, slow-growing tumors that arise most frequently in the craniomaxillofacial region. Osteomas may be asymptomatic for a long time until they cause deformation of the bone or compress adjacent structures. Peripheral osteomas arise from the periosteum. Patient, a 44-year-old woman, had a bone tumor in the frontal bone on the left side, noticed 23 years ago. After conducting all examinations and pre-operative preparation, the operation was performed under general anesthesia, the bone tumor was removed and the cavity resulting from the removal of the bone tumor was restored, using radiopaque bone cement polymethyl methacrylate, which is usually used to fix pathological fractures of the vertebral body. After the first operation, a second procedure was performed, a facelift in the middle area of the face. The patient's condition in the days after the operation was good. She did not experience any immune reaction or infection. The cosmetic result and symmetry are at its best. The results of repairing shallow open bone defects, especially in the frontal bone, with bone cement have not been reported or studied yet.